Opinion Questions For Rowsus

[Zoku Pops]

Thanks ZP,
I got a bit behind with things this week, so I had to answer a few them a bit shorter than I'd like, just to make sure I got through them all before lockout tonight.

Life understandably gets in the way at times. Probably a good thing really, I actually enjoy the weeks that I'm so caught up with work that I can't waste countless hours on supercoach!

've got my own 50/50 I'd love your 2 cents on.

Should I trade Oxley to Simpson and keep Prince as cover for the remainder of the year or trade Brown to Houli and have Oxley as cover?

Love Oxleys ability to go big but chances are that when I need him he'd have one of his low games but he is in great form and with such a low break even he is hard to part with.

I know you rate Houli and I was big on him at the start of the week but now I'm not so sure but that's probably because every time I've gone for a POD this year it's backfired!

 

[Rowsus]

Life understandably gets in the way at times. Probably a good thing really, I actually enjoy the weeks that I'm so caught up with work that I can't waste countless hours on supercoach!

've got my own 50/50 I'd love your 2 cents on.

Should I trade Oxley to Simpson and keep Prince as cover for the remainder of the year or trade Brown to Houli and have Oxley as cover?

Love Oxleys ability to go big but chances are that when I need him he'd have one of his low games but he is in great form and with such a low break even he is hard to part with.

I know you rate Houli and I was big on him at the start of the week but now I'm not so sure but that's probably because every time I've gone for a POD this year it's backfired!

The general rule of thumb would be, go for the combination that gives you the starting 22 you want, rather than the bench cover you want. That being the case, it sounds like you prefer Simpson over Watson, so I would go that route, even though it means you lose Oxley.
Having said that, I much prefer loopholing Oxley at D7, even though Lumumba has DPP to help cover your Mids. If you don't think there is much between Simpson and houli, go Houli, keep Oxley. If your Heart/head/gut is telling Simpson has a clear edge over Houli, keep Lumumba.

 

[Bobbie]

I like it. The only query is whether your bench cover stands up, but that is something you can look at down the track.
I also like that you still have a D/M DPP link after these trades.
Good luck, I hope you can score at least your team name this week!

Thanks Rowsus. I had slight change of heart and skipped on Hodge (thought I could use the money elsewhere). I ended up doing a last minute trade of Lever to Hamling - didn't make much cash but gets me another warm body on field.

I am now planning on getting in Simpson or Houli (leaning towards Simpson). Do you think it's best to trade out Saad and keep Brown as def bench cover given his solid JS?

Next week I'll look at upgrading McIntosh which will leave me with a somewhat completed defence (hoping Smith can improve!) with Hamling and Brown on the bench.

One other question if you don't mind......is it worth trading out McKenzie to Steele this week? At this stage I only have 16 players available but I had already accepted that I would take hit in round 12.

Cheers as always.

 

[Adrenaline]

Hi Row

i posted the below question in the round 12 forum but i wanted to obtain your opinion.

what is your opinion about selwood. my goal is to win the league. is selwood a trade that you would make or is best to hold. im thinking sloane is around about the same price. there is around 6 weeks to go until finals so it is unlikely that another good midfielder will be priced around 480k mark. is it worth trading selwood out for sloane or best to keep him and hope for the best? Do you see selwood avg 105-110 for the rest of the season? IMO i see the midfield as a massive spot in terms of SC scoring. If your midfiend is scoring you a lot of points your likely to get a a good score. However if you have players that are dragging their feet, it is likely to affect your scoring potential and i honestly see Selwood as one of those players. You convinced me to hold newes which has paid off. Do you have the same confidence in selwood?

Thanks Row

 

[mvdi]

Hi row, how do you feel about gawn with spencer back in?

 

[Rowsus]

Thanks Rowsus. I had slight change of heart and skipped on Hodge (thought I could use the money elsewhere). I ended up doing a last minute trade of Lever to Hamling - didn't make much cash but gets me another warm body on field.

I am now planning on getting in Simpson or Houli (leaning towards Simpson). Do you think it's best to trade out Saad and keep Brown as def bench cover given his solid JS?

Next week I'll look at upgrading McIntosh which will leave me with a somewhat completed defence (hoping Smith can improve!) with Hamling and Brown on the bench.

One other question if you don't mind......is it worth trading out McKenzie to Steele this week? At this stage I only have 16 players available but I had already accepted that I would take hit in round 12.

Cheers as always.

As always, happy to help.
If you have good/solid Mid cover, and you don't need the ability switch Saad up to the Mids later in the season, then trading Saad and keeping Brown is the preferable thing to do, as it provides more cash.
I'm not sold on the value of McKenzie to Steele, you might be burning a trade and just swapping one bad JS player for another, for very little cash reward. I would hold off on that one, even though it save one (Rookie) donut this week.

 

[Rowsus]

Hi Row

i posted the below question in the round 12 forum but i wanted to obtain your opinion.

what is your opinion about selwood. my goal is to win the league. is selwood a trade that you would make or is best to hold. im thinking sloane is around about the same price. there is around 6 weeks to go until finals so it is unlikely that another good midfielder will be priced around 480k mark. is it worth trading selwood out for sloane or best to keep him and hope for the best? Do you see selwood avg 105-110 for the rest of the season? IMO i see the midfield as a massive spot in terms of SC scoring. If your midfiend is scoring you a lot of points your likely to get a a good score. However if you have players that are dragging their feet, it is likely to affect your scoring potential and i honestly see Selwood as one of those players. You convinced me to hold newes which has paid off. Do you have the same confidence in selwood?

Thanks Row

Hi Ad,
I hate to say it, but if you have trades enough to do it, then I would go ahead and do it. Selwoods only good score in the last 8 games (since I've had him!!!) saw him on 72 at 3/4 time, and finish on 122. It was hardly a solid match long performance. Sloane signalled he is ok again last night, so it looks like an easy swap, if you have the trades available! I don't

 

[Rowsus]

Hi row, how do you feel about gawn with spencer back in?

Hi mvdi.
Spencer plays more Fwd than Ruck, and will Pedersens role now he is out, and give Gawn a break in the Ruck when needed.
I think that Gawn will only be around a 90, maybe 95 per game player from here. Good value at his price, but not a Mumford replacement at R2, unless you need value picks to complete your team.

 

[mvdi]

Hi mvdi.
Spencer plays more Fwd than Ruck, and will Pedersens role now he is out, and give Gawn a break in the Ruck when needed.
I think that Gawn will only be around a 90, maybe 95 per game player from here. Good value at his price, but not a Mumford replacement at R2, unless you need value picks to complete your team.

Nah bud, currently looking at him being a f6/r2 sub if need but not overselling what he could be. Hoping for 90-100 but expecting anything from 60-80 and the way I see it, it's 30k more from clark for ruck coverage and if need be I'll slide him to f7 later on.
Thanks for the quick reply

 

[Rowsus]

Nah bud, currently looking at him being a f6/r2 sub if need but not overselling what he could be. Hoping for 90-100 but expecting anything from 60-80 and the way I see it, it's 30k more from clark for ruck coverage and if need be I'll slide him to f7 later on.
Thanks for the quick reply

That's exactly what he should be picked for, and exactly what I was thinking when I got him last week.

 

[Bobbie]

As always, happy to help.
If you have good/solid Mid cover, and you don't need the ability switch Saad up to the Mids later in the season, then trading Saad and keeping Brown is the preferable thing to do, as it provides more cash.
I'm not sold on the value of McKenzie to Steele, you might be burning a trade and just swapping one bad JS player for another, for very little cash reward. I would hold off on that one, even though it save one (Rookie) donut this week.

Thanks again. I can get Simpson using Brown with about $40K spare. Will give me a defence of:
Shaw, Simpson, Yeo, Newnes, Smith, Saad (Hamling, McIntosh)

Although Brown doesn't give me as much cash, my defence looks stronger with Saad at D6.

 

[ScoobyDee]

Hi Row,
I am interested to hear suggestions / advice to make over the next 6 weeks.

Current Round 12 Team. $233,000 in the bank

Defenders:
1. McDonald 2. Simpson 3. Thurlow (D/M) 4. B.Smith 5. Oxley 6. * McIntosh
Bench = Lever , Maynard (D/M)

Midfield:
1. Fyfe 2. Danderfield 3. Priddis 4. Pendlebury 5. Lewis 6. Parker 7. Selwood (Gee) 8. Saad (D/M)
Bench = McKenzie (D/M), Dumont Kavanagh

Rucks:
Goldstein Jacobs Bench = Read (R/F)

Fowards :
1. Gray (F/M) 2. Mitchell (F/M) 3. Martin (F/M) 4. Swan (F/M) 5. ** Tarrant 6. Dale
Bench : Fantasia Lambert (F/M)

After round 13 completes I will trade Tarrant. Atm I am thinking downgrading to Steele (F/M) that should
add another $150.000 aprrox to my 'slush' fund making that Approx $ 400.000

Lever, Dumont, Kavanagh,Fantasia and Dale are still making me $$ so for now I am happy to sit tight on those. As long as they are getting game time

Maynard is knocking on the door to get a game, but I am more than happy just to use him as a DPP with a Mid DPP
The same applies to Lambert (although out injured atm) it is costing me nothing to use him as a Forward to Mid DPP.

Here is my dilema.

I wait until Lever hits the bubble and upgrade to a Hodge / H.Shaw or ???
I pull the pin on McIntosh now (who I had planned to use as a D7) and trade him out next week.
And then still go with a another Prem in the backline or ......... Saad goes to the backline, taking Lever or McIntosh's place.Steele can go to the Mid bench

Then I bring in a Franklin , Goddard or Higgins or ??? into the forwards
Dumont, Kavanagh, Fantasia and Dale hopefully make enough $$ to afford another Prem, by finals ,perhaps to use as a Premo Mid?

That's plan A atm, anything could, and probably will throw a spanner in the works, but I do have options.
More than happy to listen to a better way to improve the team. So fire away.

 

[Lukus193]

My dilemma relates to Griffen.

Obviously he's got the bye next week, and without trades, I'll be fielding 16.

He's wildly inconsistent, but yesterday's score has got me reconsidering my planned trade out.

The plan is to trade out Krak/Amon/Griffen, but I'd like to upgrade Jake Kelly and McIntosh too.

My team is;

Hibberd, Birchall, Taylor, McGovern, Ibbotson, McIntosh (Kelly, Hamling)
Fyfe, Pendlebury, Priddis, Sloane, Ward, Swallow, Griffen, Selwood (Cripps, CEY, Amon)
Nic Nat, Goldstein (McLaren)
Dusty, Swan, Franklin, Mitchell, Bont, Westhoff (Krak, Finlayson)

11 trades and $1,600 cash left.

I'm thinking Griffen to a mid/fwd DPP (Goddard, Deledio type)
Amon to a rookie priced player
Krak to a cheap forward (would look very carefully at McKernan if he's upgraded)

Would love your thoughts.

Once again, thanks for your amazing efforts on this thread. It is truly amazing.

 

[Adrenaline]

Hi row

Thanks for providing so much advice this year. I am considering trading mcintosh for Edwards or Beasley, Clarke to lids or dollhouse and possibly Selwood to a midfielder.

lids and dollhouse have been scoring quite well. Lids has a higher ceiling but he might be injury prone. Dollhouse has some down games but pretty much gets the job done. His scoring reminds me of a Priddis in some ways. In your opinion who is the better trade in option? Lids has got the higher and consistent scoring but Bulldogs draw looks very tempting. The other question I have who is the best trade in option for selwood. I have pendles Fyfe jpk Priddis rocky beams and Cripps. do u think Sloane is the better option? is it best to use Cripps as a M9 and loop Hole Selwood or is it best to upgrade all the positions and then consider "luxury trades." I currently have 15 trades without performing the above trades. Thanks heaps for all your help.

 

[Johnsy44]

Hey mate, Should i trade selwood - sloane or keep him and use him and cripps as M8. and please dont talk me out of keeping cripps

 

[bluesbrothers]

Hi Rowsus, hope you are well.

Thoughts on Montagna? Im 99% sold on him just want to make sure I'm not making a poor decision. I know Sloane is cheaper but have already had him once this year, and believe the pod Montagna creates can be a positive one.

Thanks in advance

 

[Loboda1963]

Hey Rowsus

T Mitchell v Neale v Parker.

Mitchell and Neale average 111, while Parker has averaged 117 over his last 6 matches.

Which one do you think will score the most between now and the end of the season??

Love your work.

Lobo

 

[Deeman1]

Hi Rowsus,

I posted on the Round 12 trades thread, but would value your input very much.

Current Team:

Simpson, Murphy, Newnes, Kolojashnij, Saad, Lumumba (Lever, Hamling)
Fyfe, Beams, Danger, Pendles, Selwood, Grifffen, Wallis, CEY (Adamson, Amon, Kavagagh)
Martin, Goldy (Read)
Gray, Mitchell, Martin, Swan, Bonts, Goddard (Gawn, Clark)

9 Trades, $2,600 currently in bank

First two trades pretty much locked

Clark - Lambert
CEY - Sloane

Cash left $89,800

The next bit is where I'm uncertian.

Option 1

Lever - B Smith

Leaves me 6 trades and $6,500 in bank:

Simpson, Murphy, Newnes, Kolojashnij, Smith, Lumumba (Saad, Hamling)
Fyfe, Beams, Danger, Pendles, Selwood, Grifffen, Wallis, Sloane (Adamson, Amon, Kavagagh)
Martin, Goldy (Read)
Gray, Mitchell, Martin, Swan, Bonts, Goddard (Gawn, Lambert)

Option 2

Lumumba - Hibberd

Leaves me with 6 trades and $14,300 in bank

Simpson, Murphy, Newnes, Kolojashnij, Saad, Hibberd (Lever, Hamling)
Fyfe, Beams, Danger, Pendles, Selwood, Grifffen, Wallis, Sloane (Adamson, Amon, Kavagagh)
Martin, Goldy (Read)
Gray, Mitchell, Martin, Swan, Bonts, Goddard (Gawn, Lambert)

Option 3

No further trade, leaving 7 and $90,000 for the future

My defensive line at best is average, and given where I am at now, that is not going to be fixable.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry about the long winded post.

 

[jaca]

Hi Rowsus, regarding DPP coverage from the bench: Is it preferable to have back-up Ruck/Fwd sitting on the bench (e.g. a Mckernan type) or a back-up Fwd/Mid (e.g. Bont). Whilst I might think that the option with Bont covers more positions, there are also more alternatives to cover an out in those positions (with DPP def/mids in the mix too). However, I'd say the Fwd/Mid option likely brings more points.

Por que no los dos, etc. etc.

Thanks!

 

[MrMurdoch]

Hey Rowsus

What are your thoughts on these trades?

Ryder -> Mckernan
Brayshaw -> Pendlebury
CEY -> Smith

Leaves me with 21 playing this week, 6 trades left and 100k in the bank. Will hopefully do Dale -> Byrne/Goddard & ZOB -> Rockliff in a couple weeks with that 100k. After bringing in Rockliff my team would be complete with McKernan as F7/R3, Saad M9/loopholing D6/7 with Smith when I can. Will have M/F & D/M links in my mids, along with McGovern/Byrne D/F link and McKernan/Read R/F link. This'll leave 4 trades for LTI's in the rest of the season.

Looking forward to your feedback.

Thanks
MrM

EDIT
Also what are your thoughts on bring in Sloane instead of Pendlebury? Pendles has a tough run over the next few and bringing in Sloan instead would save me about 75k for future upgrades (Ablett?)